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Antonyms for drift
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
drift
Antonyms:
aimlessness, pointlessness, vagueness, unmeaningness, indefiniteness, confusedness, aberrancySynonyms:
tendency, direction, motion, tenor, meaning, purport, object, intention, purpose, scope, aim, result, issue, interence, conclusion, end, course
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Princeton's WordNet
drift, impetus, impulsionnoun
a force that moves something along
Synonyms:
trend, impetus, movement, heading, purport, impulsion, gallery, impulsedriftnoun
the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
Synonyms:
gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movementdriftnoun
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
Synonyms:
gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movementdriftnoun
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
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gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movementdrift, trend, movementnoun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
Synonyms:
impulsion, apparent motion, bm, effort, vogue, front, purport, trend, drive, tendency, gallery, move, movement, campaign, style, apparent movement, motion, cause, social movement, bowel movement, impetus, crusade, motility, course, headingdrift, purportnoun
the pervading meaning or tenor
"caught the general drift of the conversation"
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trend, impetus, movement, heading, purport, spirit, impulsion, gallery, intentdrift, heading, galleryverb
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
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trend, picture gallery, head, header, art gallery, bearing, impetus, movement, heading, aim, purport, veranda, impulsion, gallery, verandahfloat, drift, be adrift, blowverb
be in motion due to some air or water current
"The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
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swash, rove, vagabond, botch, ramble, bungle, muck up, range, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, stray, blow, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, gasconade, roll, fumble, flub, fellate, cast, ball up, err, freewheel, bollocks, wander, shoot a line, mess up, shove off, waste, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, bluster, vaunt, swan, muff, tramp, blow out, swim, foul up, boast, fluff, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, spoil, roam, bodgestray, err, driftverb
wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
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ramble, rove, range, stray, divagate, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, digress, wander, slip, freewheel, blow, tramp, mistake, vagabond, floatroll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondverb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
Synonyms:
roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, roll, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, swan, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, ramble, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, pukedriftverb
vary or move from a fixed point or course
"stock prices are drifting higher"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheelfreewheel, driftverb
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
Synonyms:
rove, range, stray, ramble, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, wander, freewheel, blow, tramp, vagabond, floatdriftverb
move in an unhurried fashion
"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheeldriftverb
cause to be carried by a current
"drift the boats downstream"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheeldriftverb
drive slowly and far afield for grazing
"drift the cattle herds westwards"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheeldriftverb
be subject to fluctuation
"The stock market drifted upward"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheeldriftverb
be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
"snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
Synonyms:
be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use drift in a sentence?
Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor.
If we Live but don’t know WHY, then this life, that was a gift, Won’t Fulfil the Purpose, but will just drift.
It's a negative on the day. We'll probably continue to drift lower here, we are in a situation where the markets have had a massive rally for the last couple of years, and they are now digesting it.
That such debris has been found on the east coast of Africa is consistent with drift modelling ... and further affirms our search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean.
At points of clarity, I realize that my life on earth is meaningless, and that I am merely a pawn in a bigger game. A game I cannot possible understand or have control of. Thankfully, before depression sets in, I drift back into my cloudy, bewildered daily routine.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#11779 | drift | |
#57407 | vagueness | |
#116700 | indefiniteness | |
#210857 | pointlessness | |
#330530 | aimlessness |
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